I made these two Halloween Banners out of left over Black scrapbook paper, newspaper, lime green tissue paper and old jewelry of my grandma's!I love the Lime green with the black. The little white pearls just added a unique touch.I really loved the idea of repurposing my grandma's old broken jewelry and incorporating pieces of it into this banner.

Just so fun and different!

I had the cardboard letters but they had a burgandy calico print on them so I painted them black and then added the glitter to make them really sparkle!So fun!

Here is another Halloween Banner I made out of leftover Black Scrapbook paper, Newspaper, orange fluffy trim, and old jewelry! I gave this one to my cute mom.

Fun stuff huh!

Once again I repurposed my grandma's old, broken, gold jewelry and just added touches of it here and there.

I have made this darling "Spooky Halloween Banner" out of Orange Burlap. The Letters are stenciled in black on the orange burlap and a cute little black button has been added as well. The banner is attached to a black grosgrain ribbon.

What a fun banner to hang from your fireplace or any other place where you want to show off your Halloween spirit.

So you say "I don't have a cake plate" Well just get out your dinner plates and a glass goblet and stack them on top of each other!Add some black scrapbook paper to the edges of the plates with a few dots of hot glue (that can be peeled right off later) that have been cut with some decorative scissors.....could it get any simpler! Add some apples and a candle with a ribbon and some popcorn in a cello bag tied with a ribbon and you are good to go. You will notice that you can see the goblet part of the glass and so I filled it with some fall berries for a little added touch.

Voila!! A cute Centerpiece made from things you already own!

Think of all the possiblities...Orange paper, pink paper, striped paper, floral, Christmas etc... the options are endless...just by using some paper to change the look! You could even add glitter or glue on some embellishments! If you do this please send me your links so I can see your results!

I pulled out my fall decor and played around with it today to create my fall mantlescape! Is that even a word? he he

In my fall box I found the cute pumpkin man from last year and the orange bottle brush trees as well.

I had the garlands from last year, plus extra leaves all mishmashed in a box in the garage and just kept adding and adding...a little more here and there.

I had a little black frame and put in a retro looking fun Halloween postcard and placed it on a small black easel. I also used my grapevine pumpkin, my old fall topiary, my old sparkly pumpkins and more fake fall leaves.

To show you how I started.....First I took everything off the mantle to start with a fresh clean palette and then

I placed a couple of pieces of burlap fabric with a few small boxes underneath in different areas to give some elevation to things I would be placing on here. I know you can't see any elevation in this pic but they are there. I then added some of the fall garlands and just tucked them in and around. (I cut them up to I could have more flexibility) I added little sprigs of grapes, other fall leaves and odds and ends to make it appear fuller. Then I started placing the largest pieces in first and worked in the other smaller items until I liked how it looked.Here is a another closeup of the goodies!What are you putting on your mantel this fall?

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I love Halloween...Check out some of my past decorations and parties! Here and Here

I made this FALL WREATH YEARS AGO and decided it needed some plumping up! It had nice bones it just needed a little something extra to make it fabulous.

While I was in St. George I went to a store called Tai Pan and they had these beautiful BROWN ACORNS, A YUMMY SOFT GREEN PEAR and other round balls covered in RED AND BROWN DRIED LEAVES and I just knew they would add that extra something to my wreath.

I simply got out my HANDY DANDY GLUE GUN and attached them to the wreath I then added little touches here and there of EXTRA FALL LEAVES (that I already had LAYING AROUND IN MY AUTMUMN BOX IN THE GARAGE)....to make the wreath fuller and VOILA!! a fabulous full fall wreath for just a few extra bucks.I really love it now and it looks very nice hanging on my front door.

My Husband asked me last night....Is it fall already? I said yes it will be tomorrow..Sept. 1st! He said that is not when fall is..

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I remember years ago looking at home decorating magazines and wishing my house looked like the photos in the magazine or that I could cook up amazing food, have a beautiful garden and be surrounded by family friends just like what they showed...I decided to live out my dreams in my own way!

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